A woman who had no husband would make butter every day and sell it to a nearby grocer to make ends meet. The grocer would take the butter the woman brought, pay for it, and place it on the shelves without weighing it. This continued for a long time.
One day, the grocer had a suspicion. He decided to weigh the butter the woman had brought. When he weighed it on the scale, he realized that the butter that was supposed to be 1 kilogram was actually only 900 grams. He was very angry about this situation and thought that the woman had deceived him.
The next day, when the woman brought the butter again, the grocer angrily approached her and said, “I will never buy butter from you again!” The woman asked in surprise, “Sir, did I make a mistake?”
The grocer said, “The butter you gave me should be 1 kilogram but it only weighs 900 grams. Isn’t it rude to do this?”
The woman said sadly and a little embarrassed, “Sir, we don’t have a scale at home. I was using the 1 kilogram sugar packet you gave me as a measure. I was weighing the sugar on a scale and making the same weight of butter. If there is a deficiency in the butter, maybe there is a deficiency in the sugar packet you gave me.”
The grocer did not know what to say when faced with these words of the woman. He had doubted the woman’s honesty, but in fact his scales and sugar packets were not giving the correct weight. He was stunned by this situation and realized his mistake.
The grocer apologized to the woman and believed in her honesty again. This incident reminded the grocer once again how important trust and honesty are. The woman continued to make her daily butter and sell it to the grocer as she always did. After this incident, the grocer began to weigh everything more carefully and to be more honest with both himself and his customers.